The Elephant Man

from the back cover: He is not beautiful. His mother does not want him, children run away from him. People laugh at him, and call him 'The Elephant Man'. Then someone speaks to him - and listens to him! At the age of 27, Joseph Merrick finds a friend for the first time in his life. This is a true and tragic story. It is also a famous film.

The Piano Man

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ISBN/ISSN

9780194786102

Collation

56p; ill; col; pbk

Series Title

Oxford Bookworms level 1

Call Number

VIC

The Lottery Winner

from the back cover: Everybody wants to win the lottery. A million pounds, perhaps five million, even ten million. How wonderful! Emma Carter buys a ticket for the lottery every week, and puts the ticket carefully in her bag. She is seventy-three years old and does not have much money. She would like to visit her son in Australia, but aeroplane tickets are very expensive. Jason Williams buy…

Factfiles : Deserts

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ISBN/ISSN

9780194236270

Collation

56p; ill; col; pbk

Series Title

Oxford Bookworms level 1

Call Number

900 HAR

Follow Me Down

Mind the gap. Something odd is going on in the basement of an old house in London. An inexplicable gap has formed, a gap in time that links the present to the past. And twelve-year-old Tom, who discovers the gap while on a visit to his grandmother, is torn between both worlds. Lured by a mysterious voice, Tom leaps into the early eighteenth century, to a time when circus “freaks” like…

Huricane Gold

This is the fourth heart-stopping adventure in the mega-selling "Young Bond" series. As the sun blazes over the Caribbean island of Lagrimas Negras, its bloodthirsty ruler is watching and waiting. Criminals come here to hide, with blood on their hands and escape on their minds. On the mainland, in the quiet town of Tres Hermanas, ex-flying ace Jack Stone leaves his son and daughter in the compa…

Dark Ride

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ISBN/ISSN

9781848121386

Collation

185p; bw; pbk

Series Title

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Call Number

823 GRE D

Gideon's War

Howard Gordon—the longtime executive producer of the hit TV series 24—makes his fiction debut with a tale of political intrigue and international terrorism. Gideon Davis has just 48 hours to bring his rogue agent brother in—before a twisted global conspiracy turns deadly. GIDEON DAVIS, whose behind-the-scenes negotiating skills have earned him the role of peacemaker in conflicts around…

The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm

Zimbabwe, 2194: General Matsika's three children steal out of the house on a forbidden adventure and disappear. Their parents call in Africa's most unusual detectives: the Ear, the Eye and the Arm. Their mission takes them from the underbelly of the city to the swaying top of the Mile-High Macllwaine Hotel. Yet the children stay just out of their reach. The evils of the past, the technology of …

The Selfish Gene

In his internationally bestselling, now classic volume, Dawkins explains how the selfish gene can also be a subtle gene. This anniversary edition retains all original material, including the two enlightening chapters in the second edition, and a new Introduction by Dawkins.